SlipknotKoRnfan
Burn Jet Fuel
Hey all,
After weeks of frustration I finally succeeded in modding my SR655 with an Aerosilk Piezo loaded bridge. I got the idea to do this because I realized the stock bridge and the aerosilk piezo version are literally the exact same baseplate, so it would be an easy swap. I also enjoy piezo systems in general as several of my Ibanez's have the piezo Lo-Pro's in them.
My main goal for this mod was to do this in such a way as to:
1. Keep it looking as stock as possible
2. Ensure any routing is completely hidden
3. Ability to revert to complete stock (eg. if I wanted to sell it)
I found a loaded bridge online from an SRH505 as it had to be black, then found electronics from an SRF705. As the SR655 has 5 knobs and a 2-way mini switch, and the SRF705 has 6 knobs, in order to keep the full functionality and control scheme of the 705 I decided to use the miniswitch hole for the 6th knob. I only had to barely enlarge it to get a knob to fit and remove a smidge of material from the control cavity so the pot would sit correctly.
Here is the Aerosilk bridge next to the stock one:
This is the stock wiring I completely pulled out:
This is the SRF705 wiring which would be installed including the piezo circuit board:
I marked out the channels for the saddle wires to sit in using the baseplate holes as a template, ensuring to make them long enough so that each saddle could still be intonated properly. I took advantage of the existing hole connecting this area to the control cavity that is used for the bridge ground, and would use this channel to pass all the wires through to the control cavity:
Using a dremel, I routed the channels for each wire. This was my first time using a dremel lol. I also greatly widened the grounding channel so that the 5 wires plus the ground wire would all fit through:
It was pretty tricky feeding all the wires through, and then setting them into the channel and putting the baseplate on top without any of them popping up. I also had to lengthen a few of the piezo wires:
Finally everything is in place and soldered up. All electronics function properly and it sounds great:
The finished product!
I'll try to post a sound clip later when I have time. There were tons of hurdles I had to go through and I had to be creative in a lot of areas. But it was a great learning experience as this was my first major mod.
I'm super happy with it!
Cheers
After weeks of frustration I finally succeeded in modding my SR655 with an Aerosilk Piezo loaded bridge. I got the idea to do this because I realized the stock bridge and the aerosilk piezo version are literally the exact same baseplate, so it would be an easy swap. I also enjoy piezo systems in general as several of my Ibanez's have the piezo Lo-Pro's in them.
My main goal for this mod was to do this in such a way as to:
1. Keep it looking as stock as possible
2. Ensure any routing is completely hidden
3. Ability to revert to complete stock (eg. if I wanted to sell it)
I found a loaded bridge online from an SRH505 as it had to be black, then found electronics from an SRF705. As the SR655 has 5 knobs and a 2-way mini switch, and the SRF705 has 6 knobs, in order to keep the full functionality and control scheme of the 705 I decided to use the miniswitch hole for the 6th knob. I only had to barely enlarge it to get a knob to fit and remove a smidge of material from the control cavity so the pot would sit correctly.
Here is the Aerosilk bridge next to the stock one:
This is the stock wiring I completely pulled out:
This is the SRF705 wiring which would be installed including the piezo circuit board:
I marked out the channels for the saddle wires to sit in using the baseplate holes as a template, ensuring to make them long enough so that each saddle could still be intonated properly. I took advantage of the existing hole connecting this area to the control cavity that is used for the bridge ground, and would use this channel to pass all the wires through to the control cavity:
Using a dremel, I routed the channels for each wire. This was my first time using a dremel lol. I also greatly widened the grounding channel so that the 5 wires plus the ground wire would all fit through:
It was pretty tricky feeding all the wires through, and then setting them into the channel and putting the baseplate on top without any of them popping up. I also had to lengthen a few of the piezo wires:
Finally everything is in place and soldered up. All electronics function properly and it sounds great:
The finished product!
I'll try to post a sound clip later when I have time. There were tons of hurdles I had to go through and I had to be creative in a lot of areas. But it was a great learning experience as this was my first major mod.
I'm super happy with it!
Cheers
